Ryan in Ketchikan, Alaska, heard two friends say they’d come to his museum exhibit opening dressed in bells, a playful twist on the much more common with bells on. The usual phrase means showing up eagerly, ready to add to the fun, not merely...
What do you call that force that keeps you lounging on the couch rather than get up the energy to go outdoors? A listener calls it house gravity. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “House Gravity” Mark Hanslick of...
ocean ranching n.— «Don’t ever refer to it as farming—but home grown fishes are the Alaska’s largest agricultural crop. Instead, call it “ocean ranching.”» —“Home grown fishes, Salmon sales slip, Funds for injured...

